From Living Labs to Digital Twins: A New Path for Scaling Sustainable Innovation
Every year, governments, research institutions and industries invest billions of dollars in pilot projects designed to demonstrate innovative solutions for water, energy, agriculture, waste management and climate adaptation. Many of these initiatives successfully prove that new technologies work under real operating conditions, yet surprisingly few are replicated on a larger scale. Once a project ends, the knowledge it generated often remains confined to reports, scientific publications and the experience of the teams involved. The next region wishing to implement a similar solution frequently has to repeat much of the same work, consuming additional time, funding and technical resources. This persistent … Continue reading